Sweden’s defence minister said on Thursday the Nordic country had agreed to donate its biggest aid package to Ukraine so far, worth 13.5bn Swedish crowns ($1.23bn).
The EU faces a ‘slow agony’ without significant investment and reform, a top European economist has forewarned. If the continent hopes to catch up with the US and China, it will need to make some radi
Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions targeting the regime of Belarus' dictator president, Alexander Lukashenko, following his disputed election over the weekend to a seventh term.
Before reupping the sanctions, Budapest wanted to wait for Trump's inauguration, then insisted Brussels push Ukraine to reopen a gas pipeline running to Central Europe.
Polish President Andrzej Duda cautioned against the relaunch of Russian pipeline gas into Europe and called for the defunct Nord Stream gas pipelines to be dismantled, the BBC reported on Monday.
According to preliminary data of the Central Election Commission of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko gained 86.82% of votes in the presidential election held on January 26, 2025.
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday’s election that is rejected by the opposition as a farce after years of sweeping repressions.